Cost of Living inDushanbe, Tajikistan
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Tajikistan: $4,756/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 73% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Income Category
Happiness
5.3 / 10
#86 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Monthly Costs
Rent
Food
Transport
Utilities
Education
Child Education
International and private school tuition + curriculum mix for relocating families.
International & private schools
Childcare & Domestic Help
Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for Dushanbe. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Dushanbe is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Tajikistan.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
MixedSolid hospital-bed capacity and maternal mortality is low help, but households still pay a large share themselves.
Public care
LimitedPublic funding looks lighter and patients still shoulder a meaningful share of costs weigh on this rating.
Private care
MixedA meaningful tracked hospital and clinic network help, but self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse.
UHC coverage
72/100
2023
Physicians
1.87/1k
2023
Hospital beds
4.04/1k
2023
Out of pocket
62%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
71.9 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
14/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
11.1/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedThere is visible specialty depth help, but price transparency is still sparse.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce and few facilities expose web pages we can verify weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Tajikistan yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2019 annual wages in Dushanbe, Tajikistan · Source: ILO ILOSTAT (national)
Price Comparison vs. US
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Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Dushanbe compared with the US?
Your money goes about 3.4x further in Dushanbe than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate.
Is Dushanbe cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Dushanbe is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 73% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Dushanbe.
How does rent in Dushanbe compare with New York City?
Rent in Dushanbe is about 89% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City).
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Dushanbe?
Groceries in Dushanbe are about 65% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 81% cheaper than the same benchmark.
About Dushanbe
Dushanbe is the capital of Tajikistan, set in the Gissar Valley at the western edge of the Pamir Mountains in Central Asia, and remains one of the least-visited capitals on the continent despite serving as the country's political, academic, and commercial center. The economy depends heavily on remittances from Tajiks working in Russia, aluminum exports from the Talco smelter, and a slowly expanding Chinese investment footprint. Relocators are realistically limited to diplomats, NGO staff, and a handful of mining contractors. Daily life is in Tajik and Russian, the som is non-convertible outside the country, and serious medical cases route to Almaty or Istanbul. Winters are moderately cold, summers hot and dry, and the Pamir Highway begins here.
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